Pants-hanger.



lOA l. 4 Paten-wa Mar.y 26, 1918.

INVENTUM CHARLES E. REED, 0F FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA..

PANTS-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 191%..

Application filed April 12, 1917. Serial No. 161,593.

1n the accompanying drawing Figure 1 isy a top view of my improved pantshanger secured on a wall. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the hanger.Fig. 3 is a left hand end view of the hanger shown in Fig. 2. F ig. 1-is Fig. 2 on a reduced scale with a pair of pants suspended and held inthe device.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, the main parts of thedevice consists of two flat metal bars 1 and 2, the bar 1 is provided atits rear side with a pair of brackets 3 with perforated ears 4 forscrews 5, by which the brackets may be secured to a wail 13 or otherobject and will hold the bars and thereby the garment spaced from thewall.

rThe bar 1 'has one end bent forward to form a neck 6 to which thebar 2is hinged 7 to swingl to and from the bar 1. r1`he bracket near theother end of the bar 1 is provided with rotatable stud 8 having a thumbhead 9. Said thumb head is arranged when the bars are brought togetherto pass through a slot 10 in a fiat arm 11 iiXed on the front bar 2.

The adjacent sides of the bars are lined with felt 12, which preventslipping of the pants between the clasping bars and in case of moistureprevent tarnishing of the metal bar from reaching the garment.-

In Fig. L1 is shown how a pair of pants 14 are clasped and suspended bythe device, the front flaps 15 may be folded inward as indicated indotted lilies, before the pants are placed in the hanger. 1f the pantsare very large they may extend more or less close to the right hand endsof the bars.

In Fig. 2 is shown that if the bars 1, 2 are long enough the front barmay have near its free end a slot 10X and the rear bar a thumb catch 9arranged to be slipped through the slot and be turned across the frontof it. lVith this arrangement the fiat arm 11 and catch 9 may bedispensed with, since 9 and 10X is a substitute therefor.

What I claim is:

l. A pants hanger for suspending pants from the upper end, said hangercomprising a primary bar having brackets adapted to be secured to a wallor like object and to hold the bar spaced from the wall; said primarybar having at one end a short forward projection and at the other end aflat thumb catch, a secondary bar hinged with one end to the forwardprojection and having in its other end a slotted hole for the thumbcatch to pass through and be turned across the slot in front of thesecondary bar.

2. A pants hanger comprising a primary bar, a pair of brackets securedto the har and extending upward above and rearwardly from the bar andprovided with holes for screws to secure them to a wall, a secondary barhinged with one end to one end of the primary bar and having near itsother end an upward projection with a slotted hole in it, and a flatthumb catch on the adjacent bracket arranged to pass through the slottedhole and be turned across the slot so as to hold the bars closed onetoward the other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES, n. anni).

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